Show MR CRAFTS DEFENSE The Herald has received from B B Bassette general secretary and auditor or of the International Reform bureau a 0 reply to an editorial on the subject or of FrankIn Abuses The editorIal was published In The Herald 23 In It we commented frankly even sharp sharply I ly on the abuse of the privilege privilege lege In sending out a book called Pa PatrIotic Studies at 35 cents each to such as cared to pay the price A franked envelope for the return o of th the book was enclosed In the event evant that the recipient did not care to pay for forIt It IL The d defense written bY Wilbur F Crafts superintendent an and 1 treasurer treasurer of the Reform bureau says Jibe book Patriotic StudIes Is made up not p but wholly ot of Public docUments the number is not but 2000 It Is not devot devoted d to the work or oi one reform or one society but r records cords the work of all U reforms aU all s societies all senators all congreSs congreSsmen men who h have ye moral reforms In r ss ss in seventeen years past so 50 fa far as it Is in public docu documents moats ments The bureau is not making makins money out of the books which cost over oer 60 cents each for reprInting while those sold bring but 35 cents as part payment and the larger number are given away Nothing ever sent In franks basso hasso exactly fitted the purpose for which the franking privilege was established 1 namelY the education of public publio sentiment on great great DubUc for this book for U us or of such congressmen as choose to aId the tho bureaus clerks or their own to send It out g documents on Mormonism temperance gambling prize fights immigration the sabbath popular election or of and the referendum Of cour course e frank frankis is not us used d for return of money money or for g or mat t tom rs Mr Ir Crafts Crofts defenSe hi I entitled to rank with that submitted submitted by Dean Swifts Swifts unfortunate young woman who sought to excuse her la lapse se by the statement that the baby was such a little one We are willing to concede if 1 Mr Crafts desires it that only only 2000 instead or of 70 copies cODies of Patriotic Studies hav been sent through the mails under con congressional congressional gressional franks The offense Is not fbi iQ o much in the tha number ot of books as asin asin in the fact that they were senS sen at alt all rt It is the first instance on as astar asfar tar far its s w we k know lOW in which people i been asked to pay for matter sent out under a frank If Only S 5 cents were asked for I ti n If iC it z S I or 50 ce s as s Mx M craftS bays it would I still sUll constitute a flagrant ethical abuse of the privilege There is no pOssible justification for foi forgiving giving the thc promoters ot of Patriotic Studies t the e free use of th United Unito I States malls Mr Crt Crafts to jo the con oon contrary notwithstanding |